VGBS Gaming Podcast

This week the main topic is flea market stories, growing up with them as well as some more recent stories. Along the way Tristan and Jeff go over their thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, their progress with Metroid Prime: Remastered, some classic Midwest Gaming Classic Stories, an indie title called Boneraiser Minions, and even the history of Paprium by Watermelon Team. Come do...

VGBS is back to bullsh!t about games with the best of them. We have some new cohosts, will have guests, and are recording live. Find out what we've been up to and what's been going on since Episode 100. Plus we have a new Bullsh!t Homework game for the VGBS Community to play! Jeff also does a tribute to Kyle the VGBS Original, hats off to the legend himself. He was and is the best of us all!

Jeffrey was with 8Bit Steve at Virtual Nerd Con 2020 which is a convention in a video game-style program! They talk about what's going on with Hagen's Alley Books, the Summer Sale, and Friday the 13th: The Easy Way. 8Bit Steve also beats Friday the 13th on the NES while they both do commentary!

After a bit of a retro holiday...VGBS Gaming Podcast is back and with a new adventure for everyone to join us on! In this episode we jump into the amazing world of Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest, but the way it should be played. With this new direction, Kyle and Jeff are taking classic games and playing them the way we wished we could have back in the day. From versions that fix inherent problems wi...

Jeffrey gets together with Adam and Jav from Second Dimension to talk about The Curse of Illmoore Bay, a new and original 16 bit game heavily inspired by Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s fueled by a deep love for the SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Console. This game is a horizontal scrolling action platformer that will take you through six different levels each with it's own monsters and bosses,...

This time around we talk about Make Trax, nominated by the legendary Walter Day. Did we like it or does this Pacman clone miss the mark? We also talk about a new direction for how we are handling the homework from now on and go into depth on some classic DOS games! Join us and let us know your thoughts in the comments.  This is VGBS.

For our fourth annual VGBS Live Panel at Midwest Gaming Classic, we are talking about collecting for the Nintendo Switch and this time we aren't alone! Joining us is Sarumaru aka D.J. Medina of FX Unit Yuki fame who is a huge Japanese gaming fan who also collects for the Switch. We also have the super knowledgeable Jonathan Polan aka JPSwitchmania who is one of the biggest Nintendo Switch collecto...

We have the perfect episode for 100, a special interview with the AVGN himself James Rolfe. Not only do we catch up on everything that's going in his crazy world, but we also go back to our very first episode that was focused on him. Coming full circle, this is a perfect bow on VGBS, will we continue on from here? You let us know! Without further ado, let's get the show on the road.

For VGBS 99, we wanted to do something really special...This is a complementary episode to our previous Super Mario Memories installment. So let's see what the Extended Edition hack of Mario 3 entails and what we think of it as a whole package. Also covered are tips for farming lives, the Anchor/White Toad Houses, the origin of Yoshi, and even a tidbit on Mario is Missing. Finally, we delve into s...

Rounding out our Beat'Em Up trilogy of episodes, we continue on down the line with Target Renegade for the NES. We briefly cover Renegade III: The Final Chapter for kicks as well. So what do we think? Let's find out!

What better to follow our Double Dragon II episode than with the Godfather of Beat'em Ups! We concentrate mainly on the NES and Famicom ports, but also go into the Arcade and Sega Master System versions a bit as well… “Warriors, come out to play-i-ay!”

VGBS returns and this one's an absolute, all-time favorite of ours. It's definitely been on our episode bucket list since the inception of the cast...So get your Trejo-Abobo stache ready and join us as we dive headlong into the turf of Double Dragon II: The Revenge for the NES!

At Game On Expo 2018 I got together with that always awesome Radical Reggie where we caught up on some gaming topics, including my book projects, Hidden Gaming Gems and we go over Reggie's favorite generation, the Sony PlayStation! Warning: The beginning has a bit of a musical amalgamation!

BS Homework returns! Join us in the 16-bit trenches as we go behind enemy lines and infiltrate the inner workings of Rambo III for the Sega Genesis...

At Classic Game Fest 2018 I had a chance to catch up with Ben Moore from Limited Run Games and we ended up doing our chat live on the panel! We go over collecting old and new, along with a lot of other things going on in the gaming community.

On this episode I have on Kurt Kalata from Hardcore Gaming 101 and is an author of multiple retro gaming books. We talk about tons of different subjects, including putting out books and how crazy publishing is out in the US. We also go over different retro games and future projects he will be working on. Check out Kurt's awesome website and books at: hardcoregaming101.net

What proper project would be complete without your fair share of unforeseen obstacles and roadblocks!? Let's dig in!

This time around I have on my buddy Reggie Williams, the Radical one himself! We talk tons about Hidden Gems but constantly venture off talking Arcade Collecting, Video Game Movies and even Nintendo Switch Tech Talk. We also go over PS1 Collecting versus Nintendo and Cartridge Collecting and why the PS1 is his go to system. This is really what this podcast is about, just shooting the shit with coo...

In this episode I have Philip Sidener on who is a really cool dude that is doing a lot of things in the gaming community. Not only does he run a YouTube channel doing some really high quality reviews, but also is the owner of Twincade an arcade bar in Griffith, Indiana! He has a vinyl record company and even does a reality show about life at his barcade. Come join in for the fun as we talk arcades...

Monster Jam, He's on Fire!!! Take a court-side seat as we reminisce about our childhood experiences with NBA Jam and NBA Hangtime...Boomshakalaka!

In this episode I talk about the newest book launch at Hagen's Alley Books and some of the Hidden Gaming Gems that will be in it! The campaign is live and you can support here: Link to the Book Campaign on Kickstarter

Welcome to the Hagen's Alley Books Podcast! Throughout the years I've met a lot of cool people involved in gaming and what better excuse to use my gift of gab then to chat with them about everything and anything gaming? I go back a bit with Mike Levy, we both wrote for Pixel Nation and even did some panels together last year at conventions! He is huge into video game music and is part of the new X...

Welcome to the Hagen's Alley Books Podcast! Throughout the years I've met a lot of cool people involved in gaming and what better excuse to use my gift of gab then to chat with them about everything and anything gaming? For Episode 2 I have on the always awesome Dan O'Day from Rebel Gaming Club. Dan is an really cool dude and has a lot to with the underground punk music scene. After the classic up...

More rad content from our talk with Jeff Ball, creator of the music for Tiny Barbarian DX! Jeff Ball is back on the attack! It's once again time for our pirate crew to climb aboard the S.S. VGBS and set sail down the river and out to the cosmic sea of the mind...what wonders of the deep dark ether await us this time out? Time to walk the plank!

Welcome to the Hagen's Alley Books Podcast! Throughout the years I've met a lot of cool people involved in gaming and what better excuse to use my gift of gab then to chat with them about everything and anything gaming? In this first episode I talk with David Ortiz from Mariachi Entertainment System about tons of different aspects of content creation, how to stay motivated with projects and the im...